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Dutch intelligence says it's uncovered 2 Russian spies

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch intelligence agency said Thursday that it has uncovered two Russian spies who were targeting the Netherlands’ science and technology sector, a move likely to further strain ten…

Biden taps Rice as domestic policy adviser, McDonough for VA

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, giving her broad sway over his administration’s approach to immigration, health care and raci…

Biden picks former Obama chief of staff McDonough for VA

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is nominating Denis McDonough, who was President Barack Obama’s White House chief of staff, as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a sprawling agency that ha…

Libya's east-based forces release Turkish vessel

CAIRO (AP) — Forces loyal to a Libyan commander who rules the eastern half of the country and who was behind a year-long military attempt to capture the capital, Tripoli, said they released on Thursday a Turkish-ow…

Longtime New Yorker cartoonist arrested on child porn charge

RHINEBECK, N.Y. (AP) — A well-known cartoonist for The New Yorker has been arrested on a possession of child pornography charge, police said.

EU warns Bosnia to help migrants as entire families on move

VELIKA KLADUSA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Entire migrant families are on the move in cold winter weather in Bosnia while trying to reach the West as the European Union urged the Balkan country to act to prevent a h…

A $4.3M state grant will help provide shelter for homeless

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A $4.3 million state grant will pay for new initiatives expected to provide a nightly safe place to stay for about 90 homeless people across Snohomish County, chipping away at a shelter bed sh…

AP Week in Pictures, Middle East

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the Middle East, Afghanistan & Pakistan Region between Dec. 3-9, 2020.

AP Sportlight

Dec. 11

US stocks tick lower as pandemic damage to economy piles up

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are edging further away from their records on Thursday, following more evidence that the pandemic is tightening its grip on the economy and as investors wait to see if Congress will do a…

Wardrobe change: Nets add Motorola patch to uniforms

NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets will have a different look — beyond Kevin Durant in their lineup — when they open the NBA season.

Dutch national museum to stage 2021 exhibition on slavery

AMSTERDAM (AP) — To tell the troubling story of the Netherlands' deep historical links to the slave trade, the country's national museum is making it personal.

Google, Amazon fined $163 million by French privacy watchdog

PARIS (AP) — France’s data privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined Google 100 millions euros ($121 million) and Amazon 35 million euros ($42 million) for breaching the country’s rules on advertising cookies.

US market indexes open lower as traders wait on virus aid

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are off to a weak start on Wall Street as traders absorb more bad news on the economy and watch as talks in Washington remain stuck over providing more relief to people, businesses and local …